New Pyromancy Details? [Spoilers]

Could anyone tell me the actual numbers of the damage of the new pyromancy spell?

(wasn't sure how to put the name of the spell is a spoiler tag so I didn't write it in xD)

where can this spell be found?

It's on a corpse in the middle of the chasm of the abyss, guarded by 2-3 bloated guys and a sorcerer.

Sorry, the spell above was the dark bead sorcery, the black flame is found further down the chasm, guarded by a lot of those humanities.

anyone have any details on this new spell?

From what I gathered... and I havent seen it yet... its kind of like combustion but dealing physical damage.

Dont take my word on it as im not entirely sure about it.

The new pyromancy spell

Spoiler:

It's just as fast as Combustion but does slightly more damage then Great Combustion. With a level one ascended glove I was doing about 460 damage. The description leads to believe that it does physical damage, but enemies resistant to fire seem to resist it just as well.

If it's blocked by a player it CHEWS UP their stamina.

Well it does say it will smack away the mightiest of shields. From must really hate turtles.

Since theres a spoilers tag on the thread I guess I can yammer about changes.

It seems a lot of the little changes and additions are specifically to cater to the nerf of the DWGR. People will have less poise than ever before, spears are quite dangerous in low poise enviornments, spears are great with shields. While hornets was nerfed Leo was not, putting them on closer to equal footing for damage boosts over the course of a fight. Ultra weapons getting hyper armor facilitates low poise use of their slower swings. Blacksplosion cuts into turtles. Without any irony the deflection effect medium shields gain with the DLC seems to be an effort to reduce the curved/katana 2h swing fest that might be expected from lower poise (and dex being still what it is) and so I feel this pyromancy was tailored specifically to keep shields in-line, where shields are to keep X in line which in turn keeps Z in check.

So far the pvp streaming I've seen seems similar enough that I find it exciting still and different enough that it feels refreshing.

So a game of tactical rock-paper-scissors?
Also didn't spears get nerfed?

bloodpixel wrote:Well it does say it will smack away the mightiest of shields. From must really hate turtles.

and str weapons.

Didn't they give some STR weapons hyper armor? What nerfs did they get lol.

bloodpixel wrote:Didn't they give some STR weapons hyper armor? What nerfs did they get lol.

no hyper armor, icefang tested it and it didnt work, sad panda right here.

It's 50% more stam to poke from behind a shield now, so sorta a spear/PS nerf but really they've always been about the range and zoning.
Yeah Rant I feel ya on str weapons, the lack of hyper armor on existing ones almost shuts them out of viability. I say almost because I'm not sure how good mid roll is now, it got a buff but I can't tell from streams if it's enough to make it contend in pvp

I have a feeling the fast rolls will be the main roll in PvP.